The small town of Nikopol, Ukraine, sits across the river from a Russian-occupied nuclear plant. As Russian attacks continue, residents fear the possibility of a nuclear spill or meltdown.
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine's Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia region, is seen through barbed wire on the embankment in Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, central Ukraine, on July 20. Russian soldiers have been shelling Nikopol from the premises of the nuclear power plant.Dmytro Smolyenko/Future Publishing via Getty Images
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine's Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia region, is seen through barbed wire on the embankment in Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, central Ukraine, on July 20. Russian soldiers have been shelling Nikopol from the premises of the nuclear power plant.NIKOPOL, Ukraine — The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station sits a few miles across the river from this friendly, no-frills city of steel-pipe factories in south-central Ukraine.
"All of us are just scared all the time," she says."I'm old, I have diabetes. If anything happens, I will only have time to lie on the floor and close my eyes."in March. But in the past few weeks, Russian forces have used the area around the plant to stage rocket and missile attacks on Ukrainian cities — including Nikopol. Locals say these rockets are hitting private homes practically every day.
"Our biggest challenge is that we can't predict what's going to happen tomorrow or even if there's going to be a tomorrow," says Nikopol's exhausted mayor, Oleksandr Sayuk."We can't comprehend what Russia is trying to do there." Oleksandr Sayuk, the mayor of the Ukrainian town of Nikopol — which sits across the river from Europe's largest nuclear power plant — speaks to NPR on Saturday.Oleksandr Sayuk, the mayor of the Ukrainian town of Nikopol — which sits across the river from Europe's largest nuclear power plant — speaks to NPR on Saturday.Ukrainian authorities accuse Russia of weaponizing the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, which is Europe's largest.
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